Centbee
Blockchain Funding Investment Venture Capital

SA Blockchain Payments Wallet, Centbee Raises $1m Pre-Series Funding From Ayre Ventures

Centbee, a South African blockchain payments company, has announced that it has closed its pre-Series A round with entrepreneur Calvin

Gridless
Blockchain Funding Investment Venture Capital

East African Bitcoin Mining Company, Gridless Raises $2m in Funding Led by Stillmark and Block Inc.

Gridless, an East African bitcoin mining company, has announced that it secured a $2 million seed investment round led by Stillmark and Block

Zone
Startup

Appzone Rebrands to Zone, a Blockchain Payment Infrastructure Company

Appzone, an African Fintech Software Provider, has rebranded to “Zone”, a regulated blockchain Payment Infrastructure company. Zone will now enable

CV Labs
News

Polygon and CV Labs Partners to Drive Adoption of Blockchain Technology in Africa

Polygon has partnered with CV Labs to drive the adoption of blockchain technology throughout Africa. According to a CV Labs statement, the partnership

NITDA
Blockchain Event

NITDA to host Blockchain Day at Digital Nigeria 2022

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in partnership with Domineum Blockchain Solutions will host a one-day National digital economy

Bitmama
Cryptocurrency

Bitmama, an African Blockchain $2m Pre-seed to Grow its Operation in New Markets 

Bitmama, a the US and African-based blockchain payments startup, has raised an additional $1.65 million, bringing its total pre-seed round to

Orchestrate
Acquisition Fintech Payment

Getwallets Becomes Orchestrate After Acquisition by Bloc

Getwallets, the wallet-as-a-service provider that has now recently pivoted to become a payments orchestration company, Orchestrate after it was acquired

Funding Internet Investment Venture Capital

BLOC Smart Africa Leads $1m Round in South Africa’s TooMuchWifi

BLOC Smart Africa fund, initiated by the Smart Africa Alliance and managed by Bamboo Capital Partners, has announced an investment

Facebook Social Media Twitter

Russia Blocks Access to Twitter and Facebook

Russia has completely blocked access to Facebook and Twitter in retaliation for the social media platform placing restrictions on state-owned media. The

Blockchain Fintech Startup

DFS Lab, Stellar Launch Applications For Blockchain Bootcamp

DFS Lab and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have launched the second Blockchain Bootcamp for African startups. Designed to give